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1.2     ! schmonz     1: #  Introduction 
        !             2: 
        !             3: Normally a user can use the **ps** command to see any process running on a system.  
        !             4: A nice additional security measure is to hide these processes.   
        !             5: A user may be able to "see" only her own processes thanks to the **security.curtain** sysctl option. 
        !             6: 
        !             7: #  Execution
        !             8: 
        !             9: Run following command as a user with root privileges: 
        !            10:     
        !            11:     # sysctl -w security.curtain=1
        !            12:     
        !            13: 
        !            14: Now type as normal user: 
        !            15:     
        !            16:     # ps auxww
        !            17:     
        !            18: 
        !            19: You should be able to see only processes belonging to your user. 
        !            20: 
        !            21:   
        !            22: [[YazzY]]